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Typhoon Jangmi Approaching Okinawa Prefecture, Amami Islands; Severe Winds, Warning-Level Heavy Rain Expected ( UPDATE1 ) – The Japan News
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Missing Syrian chess champion’s children likely dead, authorities say
Syrian commission confirms deaths of Rania al-Abbasi's six children, missing since 2013 under Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Ebola spread in DR Congo ‘deeply alarming’, MSF warns
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Panic on beach in northern Israel during Hezbollah strikes
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Government declines to protect Indigenous sacred site to be bulldozed for Brisbane Olympic stadium
Environment minister Murray Watt decides against emergency declaration to halt construction but does not rule out ‘longer term protections’
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The federal government has decided against an 11th-hour intervention to halt construction of an Olympic stadium and aquatic centre in the heart of Brisbane, in a park that traditional owners say is a First Nations sacred site.
The environment minister, Murray Watt, issued a statement on Sunday afternoon to say he had considered applications made under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act for him to stop construction in Victoria Park.
Continue reading...Japan defence minister denies militarism and criticises China’s ‘huge arsenal’
Shinjiro Koizumi makes some of Tokyo's most pointed remarks yet in the dispute over Japan's military build-up.
Japan defence minister denies militarism and criticises China’s ‘huge arsenal’
Shinjiro Koizumi makes some of Tokyo's most pointed remarks yet in the dispute over Japan's military build-up.
China patrols Scarborough Shoal after Philippines warns of threat – Reuters
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France arrests hundreds of rioters nationwide as PSG win Champions League
French Ministry of Interior says 416 people detained nationwide, including 283 in Paris, after PSG's win over Arsenal.
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Japan defence minister Koizumi rejects China accusations of ‘new militarism’ – Financial Times
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- Japan's defence minister denies militarism and criticises China's 'huge arsenal' BBC
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- Japan rejects 'new militarism', accuses China of rapidly arming Reuters
Recruiter who was allowed to buy back his insolvent firm falls behind on payments after offering staff Vegas trip
Premier Group Recruitment went into administration with debts of £2.9m – including £647,000 owed to HMRC
A recruitment executive – who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments despite it accumulating almost £3m of debt – has fallen behind on promised payments after pledging to send staff on an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas.
The development is the latest case to raise questions about the practice of “phoenixism”, accounting’s controversial art of liquidating companies to allow directors to rise from the ashes with a new entity, free of debts.
Continue reading...Pashinyan on course for landslide win in Armenia vote, new poll shows – Euronews
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Wembanyama’s Spurs dethrone Thunder to reach NBA Finals against Knicks
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Hundreds detained in Paris as clashes erupt on PSG victory night – France 24
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- French police arrest more than 400 as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win over Arsenal The Guardian
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The world hit a 44-year high in executions
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Japan defence minister rebuffs claims of ‘new militarism’ levelled by China
Shinjiro Koizumi says Japan valued as a ‘peace-loving’ nation while China expands military capabilities ‘without sufficient transparency’
Japan’s defence minister took a veiled swipe at China on Sunday, pledging to keep strengthening the military despite Beijing’s criticism of Tokyo’s increasingly muscular security stance.
Under the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot to a more proactive defence policy, further shaking off – with US encouragement – its pacifist outlook in place since the end of the second world war.
Continue reading...Thousands without power in Perth as destructive storms hit WA
Wind gusts up to 125km/h forecast to hit city as residents urged to stay away from windows
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Intense storms are lashing the western coast of Australia with an unusually deep low pressure system packing powerful winds and heavy rain.
The extreme weather eventbrought wind gusts of up to 125 km/h to Perth and communities along Western Australia’s coast on Sunday afternoon.
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